I got chewed out at work the other day for doing something that wasn't very smart. Without going into details, I asked my supervisor for some help and then followed them jokingly. He became angry and I got put on blast. I deserved it. I haven't been taking my new job very seriously because I thought my experience had more value to it. I'm not saying it's not worth anything. Simply put, I was acting cocky. Separately speaking, this recent experience has proved its value.
I took time after being angry to look at the situation holistically. The job is transient to me. It's a field that I had chosen not to go back into, but ended up there anyway. It will serve its purpose then I'll move on. I not only intend to move on, I'm planning on it. School starts in another two weeks and I will not be working the hours that I am now. While I'm there I can be using it as an exercise in listening and following instructions. That was the conclusion I decided on.
My challenge became finding someone who would give instruction that I could listen to and follow. It turned out that the colleague that I shared Orientation with was a really cool guy. He's from Germany but worked in Bermuda for a while before leaving for Europe and then returning back for work. We got to talking and I found out that he had formal training in service -- something I can't say I have. I asked if he could help me out and he came through. He showed me some things and then tonight when we were on the floor together, he walked me through some of the steps of service the hotel uses. In the end, I had no mistakes tonight, no problems with the computer, and my supervisor had nothing bad to say about me.
Since this incident began I started emailing myself a daily to do list and list of challenges. I realized also that I'm a student first so I shouldn't get too attached to this job, holistically speaking of course. (8)
I took time after being angry to look at the situation holistically. The job is transient to me. It's a field that I had chosen not to go back into, but ended up there anyway. It will serve its purpose then I'll move on. I not only intend to move on, I'm planning on it. School starts in another two weeks and I will not be working the hours that I am now. While I'm there I can be using it as an exercise in listening and following instructions. That was the conclusion I decided on.
My challenge became finding someone who would give instruction that I could listen to and follow. It turned out that the colleague that I shared Orientation with was a really cool guy. He's from Germany but worked in Bermuda for a while before leaving for Europe and then returning back for work. We got to talking and I found out that he had formal training in service -- something I can't say I have. I asked if he could help me out and he came through. He showed me some things and then tonight when we were on the floor together, he walked me through some of the steps of service the hotel uses. In the end, I had no mistakes tonight, no problems with the computer, and my supervisor had nothing bad to say about me.
Since this incident began I started emailing myself a daily to do list and list of challenges. I realized also that I'm a student first so I shouldn't get too attached to this job, holistically speaking of course. (8)
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